In United States v. Basile , 2014 U.S. App. 12388 (3d Cir. 2014), here , the defendants, husband and wife, chiropractors, engaged an asset protection firm who put them into offshore entities and bank accounts to avoid tax. The defendants took other actions...

In United States v. McCord , 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86436 (SD OH 6/25/14), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the defendant, an attorney, was sentenced by a Magistrate Judge to 60-days incarceration and 1-year of supervised release...

I write today about a truly aberrational case out of the Second Circuit, [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. I say that it is aberrational, but obviously that is loaded with my value judgment characterization.
The case is United...

In United States v. Beavers , ___ F.3d ___, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12469 (7th Cir. 2014), here , the defendant was convicted of multiple counts of tax fraud. The facts are within a range of what might be expected given his profession -- money flowed to...

I just saw this interesting case involving a lawyer indicted for tax obstruction, Section 7212(a), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. The case is United States v. McBride , 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89455 (D. MA 2014), here . The count...

In United States v. Hom , [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77489 (N.D. CA 2014), here , Hom was an online gambler who held accounts at two online poker companies, PokerStars and PartyPoker. He used a financial...

The name of this case initially attracted me. United States v. Townsend , 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70656 [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ] (ED WA 2014), here . It turns out the defendant is no relation to me. But the case proved to...